WordPress Spam and the Antispam Bee plugin

Just a quick post on our favourite spam filter plugin for our WordPress sites – the Antispam Bee. Experience so far has proved uneventful – indeed once it is set up we’re rarely bothered with any spam or have to even think about it – this plugin just gets on with the job.

To set up the Antispam Bee:

Go to Plugins, Add New and search for “antispam bee” – install and activate. You can review the Settings within Settings, Antispam Bee – take a look and chose any that suit you best.

You’ll see mention of Project Honeypot which works to stop spam and you can have your spam help with this – take a look at the site and get a free API if you want to join the global band of spam warriors 😉 All you have to do with that API key is add it to your settings – that’s it.

Hi Jonathan
I wouldn’t say that Antispam Bee is better than Akismet. It is, however, free for commercial use at this time, whereas Akismet is not. If you’re already using Akismet and it’s working for you, stick with it, I suggest.

Very nice and wise collection of words to describe the importance of anti-spam plugins.
I am running a video website. And when I started it, the Akismet was already installed. I want to ask is it necessary to install more anti-spam plugins to protect my website. I mean, professionally how many anti-spam plugins should be installed if you want 100% protection.

Hi Vinay
Personally I just use the one anti-spam plugin – that should be sufficient, and these change over time. Indeed I should update this post as I started to find the Antispam Bee letting too many through. Now I have great success with WP-SpamShield – this is incredibly powerful.